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Civil Gideon: Should the State Provide Counsel to Indigent Litigants in Civil Lawsuits?
In 1963, in the matter of Gideon v. Wainwright, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that the Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution mandated the right to counsel in criminal cases for defendants who were unable to afford an attorney.
Texas Court's Decision to Strike Jurors Who Sided With O.J. Affirmed
The legacy of the O.J. Simpson murder trial lives on in Texas, via an appeals court opinion upholding a prosecutor's decision to ax prospective jurors who agreed with the outcome of the case. The court ruled it was permissible for prosecutors to peremptorily strike all prospective African-American jurors who said Simpson's acquittal was correct, as long as white venire members were struck for the same reason.
City Agrees to Pay Man Framed for Murder by 'Mafia Cops' $9.9 Million to Settle Lawsuit
Insurers push to rate doctors' quality, raising physicians' ire, suspicion
NEW YORK AP - A less confident physician might have been humbled by the letters Dr. Mike Kelly received last year from two insurers.Regence BlueShield and UnitedHealthcare informed Kelly that he failed to qualify for their respective designations as a high quality doctor. Health insurers are increasingly rating doctors and often charge patients a lower copayment to see those they deem exceptional providers.
No-Fault Practice: Getting A Fair Shake From 'Fair Price'
Dominick Gullo, a partner at Gullo & Associates in Brooklyn, and Anthony DeGuerre, founding shareholder of the DeGuerre Law Firm on Staten Island, write that insurance fraud is a major cause of increased premiums for drivers in New York State, and insurance companies require tools to combat fraudulent claims. For defense counsel representing no-fault insurance carriers, they advise, an affirmative tact needs to be taken at the pleading stage enabling no-fault carriers to put pressure on unscrupulous medical providers seeking no-fault benefits on non-existent services and supplies.Brodsky, petitioners v. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, respondent
Free With Registration: Panel Lacks Jurisdiction Under Hobbs Act to Review Fire Safety Exemptions to Nuclear Plant's Operator
Challenge to Gay Unions Measure Fails
The California Supreme Court decided not to hear a challenge to Proposition 8, the ballot measure that seeks to ban same-sex marriage.The Law Professor as Public Intellectual
Law professors who blog are �changing the legal landscape,� says Paul Caron, a University of Cincinnati Law School professor who presides over lawprofessorblogs.com.